It’s rare to see media outlets agree, and it’s rare to see them take an outright stand in support of an individual player in the middle of a controversy, but that’s what’s currently happening in Australia. That would be the ongoing controversy over the continuous booing of Australian Football League legend Adam Goodes of the […]

Last week, the International Olympic Committee gathered in Malaysia to vote on the host city for the 2022 Winter Games (Beijing, a city that has no snow, but that’s a story for another day). But the meeting that was officially deemed the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur also discussed one major issue that the Committee […]

As the Deflategate story reaches a crescendo, the release of e-mails by the New England Patriots to the National Football League regarding leaks to ESPN shows some interesting behind-the-scenes machinations. At the “Wells Report in Context” site which was created by the Patriots to show their side of the controversial thesis, there’s a section that shows the correspondence between […]

After years of being the punching bag for college football fans and pundits, the Big Ten is riding high off the momentum of Ohio State’s National Championship victory in the first ever College Football Playoff. The conference seems to finally be on the rebound after almost a decade of mediocrity, disappointment, and loss after loss […]

If you were with us on Friday, you saw the strange timeline of events where ESPN sorta kinda avoided giving Peter King credit for breaking the news that Russell Wilson was re-signing with the Seahawks. First ESPN ignored King’s report and gave their own report that a deal wasn’t done, then when they did report it, […]

Earlier this week, we told you that ESPN’s Beth Mowins will call three Oakland Raiders preseason games later this month, marking a first for her. And later in the week, ESPN announced that Mowins has signed a new contract with the Worldwide Leader, keeping her in the fold for the foreseeable future. She’ll continue to […]

Heavy metal music, a car peeling out, fire-breathing hot rods and smoke on top of smoke on top of smoke. That’s how the first episode of Mobsteel—debuting on NBCSN August 16th at 6pm ET—starts up. And then it stalls. The first line of the show, before we even meet the cast of characters that make […]

84-year-old BBC golf commentator Peter Alliss is at it again. Alliss managed to spark two different sexism controversies during the British Open, saying “perhaps he likes older women” after Irish amateur Paul Dunne hugged his mother and saying that Zach Johnson’s wife Kim Barclay was “probably thinking ‘if this goes in I get a new […]

If you would like to ask about or request ratings for a program or event on these networks, please reach Douglas on Twitter @SonOfTheBronx. NBCSN Top 10 (and Select) Programs RANK PROGRAM DAY TIME DUR HH VWRS (000) 1 NASCAR SPRINT CUP RACE: Indianapolis (live) Sun 3:48PM- 6:54PM 186 3.0 4701 2 NASCAR SPRINT CUP […]

When Josh Elliott left ABC and “Good Morning America” for NBC in March 2014, it seemed like a move that could have substantial repercussions, with Elliott tabbed by many as the successor to either Bob Costas or Matt Lauer. That hasn’t happened, though, with Elliott himself saying last May that his contract is only with […]

If you would like to ask about or request ratings for a program or event on these networks, please reach Douglas on Twitter @SonOfTheBronx. ESPN Top 10 (and Select) Programs RANK PROGRAM DAY TIME DUR HH VWRS (000) 1 GOLF: OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP: Final Round (live) Mon 8:00AM- 3:41PM 461 2.4 3361 2 MLB SUNDAY NIGHT: […]

For the third straight year, Chris Berman will call the second game of the Monday Night Football opening week doubleheader, the Minnesota Vikings at San Francisco 49ers in Santa Clara, CA. Berman’s partner will once again be Trent Dilfer who will be in his fourth year as analyst on the opening week MNF doubleheader. Lindsay […]